If the word doesn't exist, invent it; but first be sure it … - Charles Baudelaire

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If the word doesn't exist, invent it; but first be sure it doesn't exist.

Charles Baudelaire

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Charles Baudelaire (9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, critic and translator.

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Pen Names: Pierre de Fayis

Alternative Names: Baudelaire • Charles Pierre Baudelaire-Dufaÿs • Charles Pierre Baudelaire • Charles-Pierre Baudelaire

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This life is a hospital where each patient is possessed by the desire to change his bed.

La jeune fille, ce qu'elle est en réalité.</p>Une petite sotte et une petite salope; la plus grande imbécile unie à la plus grande dépravation.

You gave me your mud and I have turned it to gold.

If the word doesn't exist, invent it; but first be sure it doesn't exist. - Charles Baudelaire

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